The Macintosh TV is a personal computer with integrated

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capabilities released by

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in 1993. It was Apple's first attempt at computer-television integration. It shares the external appearance of the Macintosh LC 500 series, but in black.The power to be your best, Get a computer, a television, and a CD player. All in one desktop system. $2079 ... New. Macintosh TV.
Fall 1993, The Apple Catalog The Macintosh TV is essentially a Performa 520 that can switch its built-in 14" Sony

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CRT from being a computer display to a cable-ready television. It is incapable of showing television in a desktop window, although it can capture still frames to

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files. It comes with a small credit card-sized remote control that is also compatible with Sony televisions. It was the first Macintosh to be made in black and comes with a matching black keyboard and

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. Later Apple would issue a custom black Performa 5420 in markets outside the United States with many of the features of the Mac TV. Apple's similar TV tuner card was a popular option for later LC, Performa series, and select models of Power Macintosh G3 beige computers. Only 10,000 were made in the model's short time on the market.

Specifications

The Macintosh TV is equipped with a 32 MHz Motorola 68030 CPU, a 16 MHz bus, and 5 MB of RAM (which can be expanded to 8 MB). It also comes with a CD-ROM drive, ADB ports for connecting keyboard and mouse, DIN-8 serial ports, and a DB-25 SCSI interface. The performance of the Macintosh TV reaches 7.0 MIPS SIMM, allowing for the use of either a 1 MB or 4 MB SIMM. Additionally, it features an Antenna In (F-type RF Connector), Composite Video-In, Stereo Audio Input (RCA-type), and a 3.6 V lithium PRAM battery, boasting a Gestalt ID of 88 and supporting 32-bit addressing. However, in contrast to most Macintosh models, it does not offer any expansion slots for upgrades.

Upgrades

Although there was no official upgrade path provided by Apple, the Macintosh TV chassis is essentially that of the LC 520, and as such supports the same motherboard upgrades. Although the built-in tuner capabilities are lost, installing an LC 575 motherboard is a common method to step up to the significantly faster

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processor.

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Macintosh TV at EveryMac.com
{{Apple hardware before 1998 TV TV Computer-related introductions in 1993 Products and services discontinued in 1994 Discontinued Apple Inc. products

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